This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Speech > Direct And Indirect Speech – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The police told them, "Don't drive too fast in town" . A) The police told them not to drove too fast in town. B) The police told them that not to drive too fast in town. C) The police told them that not to drove too fast in town. D) The police told them not to drive too fast in town. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The police told them not to drive too fast in town. 2. What kind of verb is in the quoted part of a speech? A) Helping Verb. B) Auxiliary Verb. C) Quoted Verb. D) Introductory Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quoted Verb. 3. Maria told us that she was going to visit ..... parents in Italy the next week and wouldn't come to class. A) My. B) Her. C) Your. D) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her. 4. She said, "I'm going to the salon." A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 5. The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?" A) The policeman asked the boy where he lived. B) The policeman asked the boy where did he live. C) The policeman asked the boy where he lives. D) The policeman asked the boy where did he lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The policeman asked the boy where he lived. 6. Direct speech:She said, "I will take an English class."Indirect speech: ..... A) She told me I will take an English class. B) She tell me something. C) "I will take an English class, " said Jessica. D) She told that she would take an English class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told that she would take an English class. 7. What tense does 'may' change to in indirect speech? A) Might. B) Could. C) Should. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Might. 8. Which of the following is a special feature of an indirect speech? A) It always denotes the exact words of the speaker. B) It always ends with an exclamation mark. C) It always has inverted commas in it. D) It always ends with a full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It always ends with a full stop. 9. Change this sentence to direct speechChitra said that she will go to the shop today. A) Chitra said that she, "is going to the shop today" . B) Chitra said, "I will go to the shop today" . C) Chitra told that, "She will go to the shop today" . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chitra said, "I will go to the shop today" . 10. These repeats or quotes the exact words that were spoken. A) Direct Speech. B) Indirect Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Speech. 11. When I spoke to Belen, yesterday, she said that she ..... to a party the night before. A) Went. B) Did go. C) Had gone. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had gone. 12. I said to them that I had not taken my book from there.(Select the appropriate direct speech of the above sentence) A) I said to them that I have not taken my book from here. B) I said to them, "I have not taken my book from here.". C) I said to them, "I have not taken my book from here." !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I said to them, "I have not taken my book from here.". 13. "I'll give you your money back tomorrow." . A) She promised me to give the money back the next day. B) She promised to give me back the money the next day. C) She promise that she will give me the money tomorrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She promised me to give the money back the next day. 14. Is this sentence is the direct speech correct:Kamala said '' The cookies were delicious" . A) No, Wrong. B) Yes, Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, Wrong. 15. Turn Indirect speech to direct speech"He said that he was living in Paris." A) I am living in Paris. B) I am living in Pairs. C) I am not living in Paris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I am living in Paris. 16. Which of the following is the correction for this INCORRECT direct speech? This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life:says Prof. Lee. A) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life" :says Prof. Lee. B) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life" says Prof. Lee. C) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life, " says Prof. Lee. D) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life." says Prof. Lee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "This pandemic has tremendously changed our way of life, " says Prof. Lee. 17. "When will they meet?" He asked me when ..... A) Would they meet. B) They would meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They would meet. 18. He said, "The horse has been fed." A) He said that the horse has been fed. B) He said he fed the horse. C) He said that the horse had been fed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said that the horse had been fed. 19. CONVERT:Jun said, "We saw them." A) Jun said that we had seen them. B) Jun said that we saw them. C) Jun said that they had seen them. D) Jun said that they have seen them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jun said that they had seen them. 20. In indirect speech, do we change the tense of the reported speech? A) Sometimes. B) Only for past tense. C) No. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 21. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: "We have prepared the salad, " said the students. A) The students said that they had prepared the salad. B) The students say that they had prepared the salad. C) The students said that they have prepared the salad. D) The students say that they had prepared the salad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students said that they had prepared the salad. 22. Yuri asked, "Has Feiyin arrived?" A) Yuri asked if Feiyin had arrived. B) Yuri asked if Feiyin arrived. C) Yuri asked if had Feiyin arrived. D) Yuri asked if Feiyin has arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yuri asked if Feiyin had arrived. 23. Choose if the sentence is in Direct or Indirect Speech. "I am watching TV, " she said. A) Indirect Speech. B) Direct Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Speech. 24. Three days ago a friend told me that she was going to visit me ..... but she didn't arrive. A) Next day. B) Tomorrow. C) The next day. D) The day before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The next day. 25. The traveler asked me to book him a seat in a non-smoker. A) "Please book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. B) "Will he book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. C) "Book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. D) "Please ask her to book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Please book me a seat in a non-smoker, " said the traveler. 26. What is the type of this statement; He said to me, "please help me" . A) Indirect Speech of Imperative Sentence. B) Indirect Speech for Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Speech for Interrogative. 27. I said to him, "I do not believe you." A) I told him that I did not believe him . B) I told him that I do not believe you. C) I said to him that I did not believe you. D) I said to him that I do not believe you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I told him that I did not believe him . 28. "Think well before you answer, " the detective warned her. A) The detective warned her thought well before she answered. B) The detective warned her to think well before she answered. C) The detective warned her think well before she answered. D) The detective warned her to have thought before she answered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The detective warned her to think well before she answered. 29. The man asked, "What is your name?" A) The man asked what you name was. B) The man asked what my name were. C) The man asked what my name was. D) The man asked what was my name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man asked what my name was. 30. Change this sentence to Indirect speech.The little girl said, "I am lost." A) The little girl is lost. B) The little girl was lost. C) The little girl said that she is lost. D) The little girl said that she was lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The little girl said that she was lost. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDirect And Indirect Speech Quiz 1Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 2Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 3Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 4Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 5Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 6Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 7Direct And Indirect Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books